RFC 4338 on Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre Channel

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        RFC 4338

        Title:      Transmission of IPv6, IPv4, and Address Resolution
                    Protocol (ARP) Packets over Fibre Channel
        Author(s):  C. DeSanti, C. Carlson, R. Nixon
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       January 2006
        Mailbox:    cds@cisco.com, craig.carlson@qlogic.com,
                    bob.nixon@emulex.com
        Pages:      33
        Characters: 75541
        Obsoletes:  3831, 2625

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-imss-ip-over-fibre-channel-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4338.txt

This document specifies the way of encapsulating IPv6, IPv4, and
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets over Fibre Channel.  This
document also specifies the method of forming IPv6 link-local
addresses and statelessly autoconfigured IPv6 addresses on Fibre
Channel networks, and a mechanism to perform IPv4 address resolution
over Fibre Channel networks. 

This document obsoletes RFC 2625 and RFC 3831.

This document is a product of the Internet and Management Support for
Storage Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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